PS3 Home Online Service Delayed
Posted on July 4, 2008 - Filed Under 353 | Leave a Comment
Sony confirms that the PS3 Home 3D virtual online community service has been delayed until later this year.
Sony Corp’s game unit said on Tuesday it was delaying the launch of its “Home” 3D virtual online community service for the PS3 game console to later this year. It’s been the second such delay for the PlayStation 3.Last Year, Sony postponed the launch of the “Home” service, which is aimed at giving users a place to interact with other PS3 users, to early this year from last winter.As in the “Second Life” virtual world, Home users create online characters or avatars. They can chat with other visitors, play games and customize their own rooms located in the virtual world.The original PlayStation and PlayStation 2 sold more than 100 million units each worldwide , helping Sony dominate the game industry for a decade from the mid-1990s.
